Cloth cutting and measuring machine



J. B. ST. ANDRE.

CIEOTH CUTTING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1911.

11 ,339 4.53 Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

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T. B. 81. ANDRE.

CLOTH CUTTING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION men JULY 3.1911.

1,380,453. I Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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To all whom 2'2. may concern.

Be it known that I, .iosnrrr B. ST. ANDRE, a citizen of the United 'States, residing at Bayfield, in the county of Bayfield' and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth Cutting and Measuring Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for measuring and cutting cloth, ribbons or cordage. I

The object of the invention is to facilitate the running off of a desired length, the i'nechanis'm being set for a predetermined length and the feed device automatically coming to a stop'when'the desired amount has passed through the feed rollers.

The cutting device is arranged so that the piece will be cut at exactly the right point to give the length measured out.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described,

pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-V Figure 1 device. r r

Fig. 2 is a plan view, the cover being removed. V

Fig. 3 is an end view of a housing and dial, a shaft and the base being'in section.

Fig. l is a section on the line 4l-4 of Fig. 1, a pawl and a ratchet wheel being shown in elevation.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

In constructing the device I employ a suitable base 1 partially covered by a housmg 2. In said housing and extendlng from one end of it is a shaft 3. The outer end 8 of which works through the topof the bracket 5 and said handle is provided with a collar 9, and a pivoted latch 10' carried by the top of the bracket is adapted to be swung into position against the handle and below the collar, thereby holdingthe yoke and the roller 6 elevated. The bracket 5 is vertically slotted to allow for vertical movement of the shaft of the roller 6. The end 7 of the housing 2 adjacentthe bracket 5 has Application ea. m 3,1917. Serial m mas;

is a sectional elevation of the 'into' account in. measuring the goods.

A ratchet wheel 22 is fixed on the shaft .7

Specification of Letters Patent. Pate iter} 10, 19240,

cut therein. A spring 12'is' placed about the handle 8 and between the bracket and the: yoke and applies downward pressure thereon; Opposite the rollers above describedand secured to the base 11s a bracket 13 carrying a horizontal knife let normally protected by a hinged guard or; cover'15.: 7

Within the circle formed by the slot 11 is placed or painted a dial indicating by suitable numerals or characters variouslengths or distances, which may be expressed in inches, feet or yards, according to the kind of goods to bevv measured, and there is ofcourseacertain proportion maintained between the diameter Of the roller 4;, the

. v diameter of the dial, and scale laid thereon.

Arranged n the houslng v dition to the shaft 3 shafts 16, 17,'the lat-Y ter being journaled in the center-of the there are in addial. and having fixed thereto a hand. 17

t that travels over the dial.

Onthe shaft 3 is a. pinion 1 8 Ineshin i with a gear 19 on the shaft 16.

sponding marked distance on the dial. It I will be noted that the knifeis some'distance This sha t" carries a pinion 20 meshing with a gear on the shaft 17 All of these parts are from the rollers and this distance is taken 1-7fand is normally engaged by a pawl,

spring pressed, 23. A coil spring24; is con- I nected to the shaft 17 and returns the parts mentioned including the hand 17? to normal position upon disengagement. of the pawl. As the-pawl projects through the cover'ortop of the housing it is within easy reach of place a sleeve 25 loosely on the shaft 17 where it passesthrough the dial center, and secure to the sleeve a bracket arm 26 which works in the slot 11, and I also-connect to the sleeve a hand27'which travels over the i dial. A pin 27 pressed by spring is car- 1 directly engaged by the stop arm 26.

ried by the'bracket arm 26 and this pin is adapted to engage openings 30 distributed around the dial for locking the arm 26 in place. J

The method of operating the device is as follows: i p 7 The bracket arm 26 is properly placed, the

latch 10 swung back to allow the upper :roller to bear on the lower feed roller 4,

the rollers having rubber surfaces, and the knife guard 15 raised. It will be noted that the cutting blade is positioned between two pieces of wood la with the back edge of the blade visible from above. This edge forms a straight line and the material to be out is drawnrthrough the rollers and to thisvision for their stretching.

Provision may also be made for locking the guard in closed position over the knife if desired.

' It will be noted that the hand 17 is not An arm 17* is secured on the shaft 17, within the casing, and engages a lug 26 on the stop 7 arm 26.

1 interior and exterior hands. fastened to said shaft, the exteriorhand traveling over the dial, a bracket arm movable about the shaft and dial, means for locking said arm, the interior-hand engaging said arm when the first mentioned shaft has made a predetermined number of rotations, and means for' transmitting rotation from the roller shaft to the second mentioned shaft.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a set of rollers, a housing, a shaft extending from the housing and carrying one of the rollers, a dial on the endof the housing adjacent the rollers, the housing being slotted, the slot extending almost around the dial, a second shaft extending through the dial center, hands thereon, one of the hands travelin other being withint 1e housing, an angled arm movable about said second shaft and extending through the slot of the dial, means for locking the arm against movement, and in position to be struck by the interior hand, gearing adapted to transmit motion from one shaft to the other, and means for returning'the two hands to normal or zero position.

I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' JOSEPH B. ST. ANDRE.

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